new-collector-template

Boilerplate for creating new collectors.

Usage

1. Hit the "Use this template" button to create a new repository from the template.
2. Run ./template.sh collector-foo-bar.
3. Make any needed modifications under the proto directory for the collector's API.
4. Pick an unallocated port and update the config package to replace the default for --port.
   • The config tests will need to be updated as well

What's Included

• Example collector endpoint
• Flag configuration under config
• Boilerplate for creating a gRPC server & gRPC gateway in the server package and main.go
• Dockerfile
• Unit tests, including a mock for the Rode client.
• Protobuf code generation
• GoReleaser config
• Makefile targets for common tasks
  • coverage: Runs the tests and opens a browser window with the code coverage report
  • fmt: Runs gofmt
  • fmtcheck: Checks to see if gofmt needs to run
  • generate: Generates client and server code from the protobuf definitions
  • license: Runs addlicense to populate license headers on source code
  • mocks: Generates a mock for the Rode client
  • test: Runs unit tests
  • vet: Runs go vet